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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1995/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1878",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-transitional-provisions-scotland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 17th August 1995.\n(2) In this Order, “new local authority” means a council in respect of which an ordinary election of councillors took place on 6th April 1995 in terms of section 5(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1878/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}